Brushing machine



v'Julie 414 `1927.

mM. KEITH BRUSHING MACHINE Filed Juiy' 2a. 1922 4 sums-sheet 1 ATTORNEYWITNESS:

Filed July 2s. 1922 4 ,sheets-sheet 2 ATTORNEY WITNESS:

June 14, 1927. 1,632,705

. H. M. KEITH rwsnmg MACHINE Fild- July ze. 1922 4 sheets-sheet 5MTNESS: Avronms 4 Sheets-Sheet 4 Filed July 2s. 1922 INVENTOR ATTORNEYWITNESS:

Patented June 14, 1927. l

UNITEDv STATES l l A1,632,705 PATENT OFFICE.

:anima u. mirra, on wn'srriunxronm, ILLINOIS.

MACHINE. i

Application med my as, i922. rseriai No. 578,213.

The object .of this inventionx is to provide a machine for brushingclothes and polishling shoes, the clothes brushing mechanism including apositively driven element mount- I ed in a suction nozzle.

' A further object isto provide a machine in which the suction nozzle isconnected with a section of iexible tubing, the latter being -wound on areel, and `means being provided for returning the reel to normalposition after the user has finished the cleaning operation.

V.A further object is to provide a hose, having a suctionnozzle, meansfor producing sugction, a brush mounted within the nozzle,

'and a flexible shaft connection permitting rotary movementto beltransmitted to the. brush through the reel and hose.

A still further Objectis to provide 'for producin suction through theaxial element of the ree and'to provide the necessary drive for theflexible shaft by ,a belt passing over two pulle s, one of which Ahasits axis concentric with the axis of the reel, vand the other of whichis mounted on the reel, near the periihery thereof. p

A sti further :object is to provide a shoe f 'polishing device driven bya motor which imparts motion to a fan for producing suctmftand alsoimparts motion to the flexible With the foregoing and other objects inview,'the invention consists ii the novel construction and arrangementofelements described andclaimed, it being understood that modificationsmay be made within the scope of the claims without departing from thespirit of the invention.

In the drawings,

.Figure 1 is a view of the machine in front elevation; Figure 2 is aside elevation; Figure 3 is a vertical section through the\casing,showing the inclosed mechanism chiey in elevation; Figure 4 isa sectionon line 4--4 of Figure 3; Figure 5 isa vertical" section on line 5-5throu h the lower part of the housing, showing t e shoe brush and motor;Figure 6 is a section throu h the housing of the'clothes brush; Figureg?is a section on vline 7.-7 of Fi re 5; Fi re 8 is a section onlineS-Sofi re3; igure9isasection on line 9-9 o Figure 3; Figure 10 is a vdetailview showing means forV engaging the u per end of clutch controllnglever47;

56 igure 11 shows diagrammaticay the electrical connections of themotor; igure 12 is vley 54- carries a clutch element 55 engaged aldetail showing the drive from belt 39 of Figure 3 to Athe iiexibleshaft. 34 of clothes brush'33.

Within the base 10, I mount a motor 11V including an armature shaft 12,this shaft carrying a fan 13 within the fan casing 14.

An air duct 15 extends vertically of the is in fact a part of the radialportion 21,l

and through the elements 18 and 15, the latter having communication withthe fan-casing. A bearing is shown at 23.

A section'of rubber hose26 is secured to the reelby means of aconnection 25, air communication'v being established throughy thisconnectionbetween theelement 21 and the hose.

Carried by the end of the hose is a nozzle member 30 of about the formshown and having an opening at one side thereof.

Within the nozzle 30 is a rotary brush 33, driven by a flexible shaft 34(passing througlh the hose) by means of gearing 35 and s ort shaft 37carryin a pulley 38. This pulley is driv'en by a helt `39 passing,around a pulley 40 on a shaft 41, the latter carrying a pulley 42driven by a belt 43 operated from pulley 44 on motor shaft 12.

The pulley 44 is normally loose but car-- ries a clutch element 45 engaed by the splined clutch member 46 contro ed by lever pivoted at 48.When the air hose is drawn out, a pin 49 onthe reel engages the up erend of the lever and movest e lower en to the left, for shiftingv theclutch element 46 and causing it to engage the clutch element, on pulley44, so that the latter will drive thebelt 43. Lever 47, if m'adeslightly resilient,

end of lthe lever moves to the ri ht.

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cylindrical shoe brush 50 is mounte on m6' the shaft 51 carrying apulley 52 driven b a belt 53 and pulley 54 on the shaft 12. Pu 5 b theslidable clutch member 46,-when lever 47 is thrown .in the oppositedirection due to the automatic rewinding of the neelbya spring 57. Inthis `rewind o eration, j in 49 o Figure 3 moves to e aft and f e lowerwill be cleared'by pin 49 as the zo t end of lever 47 moves to theright, returning clutch element -55 to the position of Figure 3. Thenormal osition 4of the clutch is such that the shoe rush starts when themotor is started and operates until the hose is drawn out Vor theelectirc4 switch is thrown out.

The motor shaft 12 carries a device or devices 60 operated bycentrifugal action, so that when the motor shaft-is rotating atsufficient speed, the cover 61 (normally closing /the opening 62 in thehousing, providing access to the shoe brush) is open. The mechanism(including arm 60 of Fig. 5) for effecting this result, is shownconventionally but not claimed in this case. A rubber garment protectingdevice is shown at 63.

The fan or blower 13 removes dust from the shoe brush through the duct65, and a hree way connection 66 (Fig. 8) is interposed betweenthe fanhousing (Fig. 3 and the air passa es leading from the shoe rushandclothes rush for carrying dust therefrom to bag 68.

The feed wires 70, 71 of the motor are controlled b y switch arm 72,placed in a convenient position, so that it may be controlled, ifdesired, by coin mechanism, not shown.

It is intended that the casing or housin for the entire machine shall beof ornamenta appearance, and the mirror 75 is carried by the upperportion of the casing and a second mlrror 76 is mounted on the column,'or central ortion of the casing. It should be added t at the brush 33is preferably of spiral form, and the manner of mountin permits of theuse thereof on all portions o a persons clothin ,and also on the hat.

A time contro ing device may be placed in such convenient position thatthe deposit ofthe coin will automatically .break the circult and stopthe motor upon the expiration of a specified interval, say-threeminutes. The coin operated and electrically controlled mechanism isdescribed and claimed in a separate application.

What is claimed is:

1. In a machine of the class described, a reel` a flexible tube to bewound on the reel, acleaning device including a nozzle and rotary brush,the nozzle being connected with the tube, means for v producing suctionthrough the lreel tube, and nozzle, driving means for the rotary brush,a clutch connect- -ed with an element of the driving means, means forautomatically rewinding the Hexible tube when unwound, a clutchoperating lever, and a device carried by the reel and engaging the endportion of the lever for shifting the clutch and controlling thedriving, means.

2. In a machine of the class described, a

reelfa hose wound on the reel, means for producing suction through anelement of the reel andthe hose, a suctlon nozzle connected with thehose, a flexible shaft and a rotary brush connected therewith and meansmounted on the reel for driving the flexible shaft.

3. In a machine of the class described a reel, a hose wound on the reel,means for producing suction through an element of the reel and the hose,a suctlon nozzle connected with the hose, a iexible shaft and a rotarybrush connected/therewith, a driven elementl axis. of rotation of thereel and means for imparting motion from said driven element to Itlllieexible shaft. f I ture testimon w ereo my s1 a y HENRY M. KElH rotatableabout an axis coincident with the

